Biggest Loser 4 Week 1

[Tiger Lily 03]

I want to be a BL Supporter! I can't join in this time but I would love to WISH everyone success as this season progresses!

 

[keenercam]

I want to be a BL Supporter! I can't join in this time but I would love to WISH everyone success as this season progresses!

Thanks, Lily!

 

[pixie dust 112]

appreciates the fabulousness of the Princess Bride....

First Name: Molli (yes it's legally with in "i"...my mom will love to elaborate)

OK Bev, please elaborate!

 

[mom2alix]

First Name: Rebecca

Nickname: Alix's mom (that's what all the kids in her class call me! )

Birthday: 1/17/72

Home State: grew up in Missouri (currently live in Nebrasksa)

Marital Status: married

Number of Siblings: 2 sisters

Number of Children (include names and ages): 2 Alix-5 Colin-3

Pets: Kara

Occupation: SAHM

Favorite Part of your Job: hugs and kisses

Favorite Season: Spring

Favorite Color: red

Favorite Food: Cheese

Favorite Movie(s): Gone With the Wind, Chicago!

Favorite TV Show(s): LOST, Law and Order, The Office

Favorite Bands and/or Singers: U2, The Killers, Black-Eyed Peas. Patsy Cline, Mary Chapin-Carpenter

Favorite Song(s): I Feel Lucky

Favorite Sports Team(s): KC Chiefs!

Favorite Holiday: 4th of July

What are your health/weight loss goals?: I want to weigh what I did when I got married (nearly 12 years ago!)

Who is your biggest supporter?: DH - we work out together, we're dieting together (unfortunately over Christmas we cheated on our diet together too! We're ready to get back to being good now!) Chad - my trainer is also a big support, he keeps us accountable and offers great advice.

How do you gain motivation?: We are going to WDW in June and I want to be in great shape so I can keep up with my kids! (It would also be nice to have some family pics where I look good!)


Who are your heroes and why?: Ben Franklin - not only was he a founding father, but he wrote so many things that are still so relevant today. He just lead an amazing life.

What people, past or present, would you like to meet?: Oprah would be neat. I also think Kelli Rippa would be a hoot.

What is a random fact about you?: I am a big reader and go crazy when there's nothing around to read. When I was a kid, I would read encyclopedias cover to cover when I got bored if there was nothing more interesting to read. I really prefer mysteries, suspense novels, romances, or any really good fiction. I also like biographies.

 

[MelanieC]

Hey guys - Can I join you? AEG e-mailed me and I'm back. I've been staying away due to embarrasment, etc. But, what I shoudl be doing is checking in daily.


First Name: Melanie

Nickname: Mel

Birthday: 7-14-69

Home State: PA

Marital Status: Married

Number of Siblings: 1 younger brother

Number of Children (include names and ages): Taryn (15) & Ryan (10)

Pets: Phantom (grey Cat) & Pumpkin (orange Cat)

Occupation: Administrative Assistant at a Pharmaceutical Company

Favorite Part of your Job: Friday when it's time to go home, lol

Favorite Season: Spring & Summer

Favorite Color: Pink & Black

Favorite Food: Sushi -Crunchy Spicy Tuna Roll & Thai (Thai Iced Tea - Yum)

Favorite Movie(s): Garden State, Christmas Vacation

Favorite TV Show(s): Lost, 24, Prison Break, Hero's & Grays Anatomy

Favorite Bands and/or Singers: the Cure, the Beatles, Modest Mouse


Favorite Song(s): At the moment Faking it by Seether


Favorite Sports Team(s): Dallas Cowboys

Favorite Holiday: Christmas

What are your health/weight loss goals?: to 30-35 pounds. Get back to where I was before I slowly gained a lot of it back.

Who is your biggest supporter?: WISH, my Mom, husband and kids

Who are your heroes and why?: My Mom - She is such a strong woman with a lot of faith, even after losing my brother, her faith impresses me.


What is a random fact about you?
I'm from Vegas

 

[mom2minniemouse]

First Name: Cathy

Nickname: Um, Cathy... LOL!

Birthday: Oct. 18

Home State: Connecticut

Marital Status: Married

Number of Siblings: 3

Number of Children (include names and ages): Claudia, 8

Pets: Jack (a basset/beagle mix) and Kenda (a German Shepherd/hound mix)

Occupation: Lunch lady

Favorite Part of your Job: Chatting with the kiddos!

Favorite Season: Fall

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Food: Cookies

Favorite Movie(s): "Moulin Rouge"

Favorite TV Show(s): "Prison Break" and "Days of Our Lives:

Favorite Bands and/or Singers: Kelly Clarkson and Fergie

Favorite Song(s): "Unwritten"

Favorite Sports Team(s): Boston Red Sox!!!

Favorite Holiday: Halloween and Christmas

What are your health/weight loss goals?: I have already lost 16 pounds but hope to lose another 31 pounds.

Who is your biggest supporter?: My hubby! He joined the gym with me!

How do you gain motivation?: Online websites

Who are your heroes and why?: JK Rowling! She brought the love of reading to millions of children.

What people, past or present, would you like to meet?: JFK

What is a random fact about you?:I am a Croc (and Airwalk) fanatic and have an insatiable interest in true-crime stories. (I used to be a beat reporter, so that's where it stems.)

 

[simpilotswife]

Hey everyone...sorry I'm late to the gate here.


First Name: Kimberly

Nickname: none

Birthday: 1/9

Home State: Born in PA, live in NY

Marital Status: Married

Number of Siblings: a couple

Number of Children (include names and ages): Lucas 16, Ripley 11

Pets: Dog, Cat, Ferrets and Fish

Occupation: Accountant

Favorite Part of your Job: Knowing that everything is correct.

Favorite Season: Summer

Favorite Color: Purple

Favorite Food: Steak

Favorite Movie(s): Summer Lovers is all-time fave...several others too numerous to count

Favorite TV Show(s): Moonlight

Favorite Bands and/or Singers: Band-Journey
Singer-Stevie Ray Vaughn

Favorite Song(s): Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Favorite Sports Team(s): Stillers (LOL)

Favorite Holiday: Christmas

What are your health/weight loss goals?: I would like to lose another 100 pounds but would be happy to lose another 50.

Who is your biggest supporter?: Me

How do you gain motivation?: Loose Clothing.

Who are your heroes and why?: Don't have any

What people, past or present, would you like to meet?: George Clooney

What is a random fact about you?: I am related to Blackjack Pershing.

 

[simpilotswife]

Just wanted to add that I see my name isn't in the list of participants Princess so I pmed you my information this morning. I did email you on 12/28 but it doesn't look like you received it.

 

[LaLaroo78]

Good Morning, everyone!

It has been great reading about everyone!

Yesterday I didn't snack or overeat and I managed to get in a 30 min workout! I so need to keep this up!

Happy Birthday to all the January babies!

Have a great and healthy day!

Michele

 

[JOANNEL]

Good morning all,

Welcome to all you new comers. Hope every one had a great day. I got to the gym did and hour of step 20 min of the bike and some weights. So I feel like I am getting off to a good start. I was better at eating also. When the boys leave Sunday to go back to college all the junk is leaving too. That is the hardest part. They want home made cookies and stuff and my will power stinks.

Have a great day and good luck.....

 

[Ashes8380]

First Name: Ashley

Nickname: I have never ever had one!

Birthday: November 17

Home State: NY

Marital Status: in a relationship

Number of Siblings: 0

Number of Children (include names and ages): I'm way too young for that!

Pets: 2, cats named Lily and Burt

Occupation: Youth services librarian

Favorite Part of your Job: Teen programming, it's always fun

Favorite Season: Summer

Favorite Color: Pink

Favorite Food: Chicken parm

Favorite Movie(s): Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Favorite TV Show(s): Freaks and Geeks, King of the Hill

Favorite Bands and/or Singers: Rancid and Less Than Jake

Favorite Song(s): hmmm this is a tough one, I'll just pick a fav song by each of my fav bands: Red Hot Moon (Rancid) and All My Best Friends are Metalheads (ltj)

Favorite Sports Team(s): I guess maybe the Red Sox? I don't have one, but my bf is from MA and loves Boston, so they grew one me haha

Favorite Holiday: Christmas

What are your health/weight loss goals?: Get down to 135 lbs, continue working out at least 5x a week like I have been, increase weight training

Who is your biggest supporter?: My mom

How do you gain motivation?: Look at pictures from my 2005 trip, when I weighed about 150 lbs

Who are your heroes and why?: Probably my mom and grandparents, they all have overcome a lot to get where they are today

What people, past or present, would you like to meet?: hmm probably Lars Frederiksen just so I could meet my favorite rockstar haha, and Igor Stravisnky. I wrote so many papers on him in college that I'd love to pick his brain for a bit. Plus he was a very quirky and intelligent man. Anyone who can write a ballet that literally causes a riot has to be worth meeting.

What is a random fact about you?: I don't have an appendix, tonsils, or adenoids. I also am a stained glass artist.

 

[LittleMissMickey]

First Name: Ashley

Nickname: Ash

Birthday: March 17, 1982

Home State: MN

Marital Status: In a relationship

Number of Siblings: 1

Number of Children (include names and ages): 0

Pets: My nephew is an English Setter named Henry

Occupation: 2nd Grade Teacher; Middle School Coach (volleyball/basketball)

Favorite Part of your Job: The many things that I hear through my day

Favorite Season: Summer because the cabin, winter because it's all cuddly

Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Food: Chips and Salsa

Favorite Movie(s): Anything that makes me cry and ends with a couple getting married.

Favorite TV Show(s): Everybody Loves Raymond, Anything with Samantha Brown, Man vs. Wild (even though I hate that it's all fake.)

Favorite Bands and/or Singers: Josh Groban, Gaelic Storm and anything Irish

Favorite Song(s): Christmas and Irish tunes

Favorite Sports Team(s): Minnesota Teams, mostly. I used to love the Patriots, but I'm starting to get bored with them.

Favorite Holiday: Christmas and St. Patrick's Day

What are your health/weight loss goals?: Get down to 135 pounds. Be able to wear my high school cheerleading uniform for Halloween and a bikini comfortably at the cabin.

Who is your biggest supporter?: My boyfriend, Mike

How do you gain motivation?: Read Kristin Armstrong's blog. Create challenges for myself.

Who are your heroes and why?: Anybody who strives to achieve things against the odds.

What people, past or present, would you like to meet?: My grandpa, Mike's dad, Mother Theresa

What is a random fact about you?: I can spread the toes on my right foot really far apart. I love to read, be creative and play.

I'm excited to be a part of this challenge!

 

[lisaviolet]

How do you gain motivation?: Read Kristin Armstrong's blog.

Link please Ashley. Thanks. I would be interested in checking it out.

A couple of years ago I had a moment. I remember it vividly. I was sitting on my balcony at Disney's HHI reading a magazine. (Does anyone live in that area of the country? I swear those trees are mystical). Anyway, rambling again...see!

I was absolutely blown away by her essay on how she lost herself in her marriage. And how she lost herself by her own choices. Not blaming him. It was one of the most insightful readings I had ever encountered.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Hi everyone!

Today I didn't feel like it, but I got up and exercised! It felt very good when I did so I am very proud of that. And guess what???? I sat down and looked at my long term goals. I looked at how much I want to loose and how long it will take me. I told DH that I am setting up a goal to do the 1/2 marathon in 2010 and guess what??? He said if I was serious he would run it with me! So WDW 1/2 marathon, here I come. I am so glad that DH and I are working on getting healthy together. It means so much to me.

 

[winniedapooh]

I am in WDW now so I am answering and playing catch up in between...leave for home 1/6


First Name: Michelle

Nickname:

Birthday: 12/10

Home State: Massachusetts and sometimes confusion

Marital Status: Married

Number of Siblings: Oldest of 8, 7 living

Number of Children (include names and ages): 5...18 yo DS Josh, 17 yo DD Emily, 15 yo (today) DS Nick, 12 yo DS Zack, and 10 yo DD Katie.

Pets: 5...4 cats; Tom, Belle, Little Red, and Tinkerbelle. 1 dod, St. Bernard Daisy (12 yo). Little Red is my baby though

Occupation: Clinical Social Worker

Favorite Part of your Job: Helping People

Favorite Season: in order...Summer, Spring, Fall...blech winter

Favorite Color: Depends on the day but mostly, blue, purple, yellow

Favorite Food: Steak and mashed potatoes

Favorite Movie(s): Anything that is older and a comdey: Doris Day, Tammy Movies, Mr. Blandings Builds his dream house

Favorite TV Show(s): Anything Nick at Nite mostly, Deadliest Catch and Project Runway

Favorite Bands and/or Singers: Mostly country too many to mention

Favorite Song(s): Remember When, Alan Jackson

Favorite Sports Team(s): Red Sox

Favorite Holiday: Christmas and Easter

What are your health/weight loss goals?: To look like a normal sized person again, feel better about me, exercise more

Who is your biggest supporter?: My husband and cherubs

How do you gain motivation?: When I see the scale go down, cherubs, and husband.


Who are your heroes and why?: My cherubs...they are everything I wish I could have been.

What people, past or present, would you like to meet?: Princess Di, Bill Clinton, Walt Disney, my Grampy

What is a random fact about you?: I am working on my dissertation and hope to be done by late summer, early fall.

 

[mansionterror]

First Name: Melissa

Nickname: Mel

Birthday: October 23, 1978

Home State: TN

Marital Status: Married (10 years in June)

Number of Siblings: 3

Number of Children (include names and ages): 1 (Colby, 4)

Pets: Too many to list

Occupation: Full time - Business Manager at a preschool, Part time - Front End Supervisor at a baby supply store

Favorite Part of your Job: 1) taking my son to work with me 2) my co-workers

Favorite Season: Fall - Vacations

Favorite Color: Blue and Green

Favorite Food: Orange Chicken

Favorite Movie(s): Grease, Dirty Dancing, Where the Heart is, What Lies Beneath

Favorite TV Show(s): Lost, Biggest Loser

Favorite Bands and/or Singers: no real favs right now, I just enjoy music.

Favorite Song(s): anything by Keith Urban or Bryan White

Favorite Sports Team(s): University Tennessee Vols

Favorite Holiday: Christmas and St. Patrick's Day

What are your health/weight loss goals?: Lose down to about 150lbs, come off my meds.

Who is your biggest supporter?: My son.

How do you gain motivation?: Thinking about playing with my son without tiring...seeing how much farther I can walk each time I go.

Who are your heroes and why?: My friend Joey, he lost SOOO much weight with just diet and exercise.

What people, past or present, would you like to meet?: My grandmother, my dad (died when I was 14 months old)

What is a random fact about you?: I want to go to Ireland someday and kiss the Blarney stone. If I had the money, I would start my own animal shelter.

I have had several people in my life lose so much weight with the gastric bypass surgery. I am scared to death of surgery but I must lose the weight and I am ready to do something about it.

 

[keenercam]

Hi everyone!

Today I didn't feel like it, but I got up and exercised! It felt very good when I did so I am very proud of that. And guess what???? I sat down and looked at my long term goals. I looked at how much I want to loose and how long it will take me. I told DH that I am setting up a goal to do the 1/2 marathon in 2010 and guess what??? He said if I was serious he would run it with me! So WDW 1/2 marathon, here I come. I am so glad that DH and I are working on getting healthy together. It means so much to me.

Awesome goal, Vija!!!

 

[ohMom]

to WISH Melissa....i have a Vols fan in my scarlet and gray home....she hopes to attend UT in a few years. her father's family is from TN and she loves the area and i think the mandarin orange color is a factor too! she got a 27 jersey from Santa this year does this mean anything to you? hehehe

WTG Vija on your consistent workouts and long term plans. now don't forget to celebrate the baby steps along the way. my first celebration will be to legally wear my 10 lbs clippie...i have to lose 4 lbs of holiday fluff for that!

i did a good workout today -- 35 mins on the elliptical where i kept visualize Jillian telling me to work hard, not just put the minutes in. then i did about 20 mins of my toning and then abs. whew. i had PT scheduled afterward and it was nice to let her stretch out my legs good......

i'm fighting a grazing pattern this afternoon that i lapsed into over the holidays...busying myself with some much needed cleaning!

and big hearty to everyone joining our round 4 of BL!! it's sooooo good to see everyone newbies and familiar!!

 

[rkandmjsmommy]

Looks like everyone is off to a good start, I ate WONDERFUL yesterday and so far so good today. I do work tonight which doesnt seem to be a problem eating wise so thats good. We are having friends over tomorrow night for appetizers I hope to eat a lean cusine and salad before they come over and just pick at some veggies. DD and I are going to ATlanctic city Sat into Sunday to see Hannah Montana then back to work Sunday night so no weigh in until at least Tuesday and by then I can wait until Wednesday for my offical weigh in LOL

 

[o2bacelt]

Way to go Princess Vija! Congrats on deciding to do the 1/2 marathon!

I didn't feel like going to the gym today either but I managed to force myself there, I got in 100 minutes in the pool between the deep water and the aqua fit class. It felt good to get back in the pool and even better to figure out that the aqua fit class is too easy still, even after my hiatus from the gym.

Tomorrow I'm going to go take the two hour circuit training class. I'm looking forward to checking out the new circuit that my gym just put in. I'll be interested to see if I can keep it up for two hours.

Thinking about going to they apt. complex gym tonight to jog a little on the elliptical but that depends on what time my DH gets home from work and what has to be done with the small person for tomorrow.

What did everyone think of the Biggest Loser show the other night?